{"id":31171,"date":"2020-02-04T00:05:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T06:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/differentdream.com\/?p=31171"},"modified":"2020-02-04T00:05:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T06:05:48","slug":"ugly-sweater-cookie-contests-and-ea-tef-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/ugly-sweater-cookie-contests-and-ea-tef-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugly Sweater Cookie Contests and EA\/TEF Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#42313A&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; meta_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#B4DBC0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||50px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_post_title][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9mZWF0dXJlZF9pbWFnZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7fX0=@&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.3&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;src&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Ugly sweater cookie contests and <a href=\"https:\/\/ghr.nlm.nih.gov\/condition\/esophageal-atresia-tracheoesophageal-fistula\"><strong>EA\/TEF<\/strong><\/a> memories. What could they possible have in common? The answer is plenty, thanks to a recent Facebook post by a dear friend named Barb. She\u00a0posted a picture about the ugly sweater cookie contest she hosted during her family&#8217;s 2019 Christmas gathering and asked Facebook friends to vote for the ugliest.*<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I thought, Barb held an ugly sweater cookie contest at Christmas. That sounds just like her.<\/p>\n<p>We met Barb and her young family way back when, when we lived in a remote town of 92 people in the northwest corner of South Dakota. Her 2 oldest daughters were in my country school classroom, and Barb created beautiful birthday cakes for them each year. Word got out, and since our town was at least 60 miles from the nearest bakery, she was soon creating cakes for all sorts of occasions.<\/p>\n<p>She even created a cake for our <a href=\"https:\/\/ghr.nlm.nih.gov\/condition\/esophageal-atresia-tracheoesophageal-fistula\"><strong>EA\/TEF<\/strong><\/a> baby&#8217;s first birthday in 1983. The cake featured a baby-with-a-feeding-tube-and-a-string-coming-out-of-his-mouth. Those who are used to 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/ghr.nlm.nih.gov\/condition\/esophageal-atresia-tracheoesophageal-fistula\"><strong>EA\/TEF<\/strong><\/a> technology may not be familiar with the 1982 version. Our baby&#8217;s feeding tube was a honking, huge <a href=\"https:\/\/cadth.ca\/media\/pdf\/htis\/Foley%20Catheters%20for%20Gastrostomy%20or%20Jejunostomy%20Feeding%20Tubes%20A%20Review%20of%20the%20Guidelines%20and%20Clinica.pdf\"><strong>Foley balloon catheter<\/strong><\/a>. The string went into his mouth, down his esophagus (placed there during a very dicey surgery), into his stomach, and out the feeding tube hole. The two ends were tied in a knot that was untied so dilation tubes could be attached to it when his repair scar needed to be stretched. Our baby endured this process, without anesthesia, about 2 dozen times. Thankfully, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rush.edu\/kids\/services-conditions\/esophageal-dilation-children\"><strong>modern day dilations<\/strong><\/a> are less frequent, more effective, and much more humane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/ugly-sweater-cookie-contests-eatef-memories\/\"><strong>To read the rest of this post, visit Different Dream&#8217;s sister blog, Down the Gravel Road.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you like what you see at DifferentDream.com? You can receive more great content by subscribing to the monthly Different Dream newsletter and signing up for the daily RSS feed delivered to your email inbox. 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For this EA\/TEF mom, the answer is plenty and here&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31174 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/differentdream.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ugly-sweater.jpg\" alt=\"What could ugly sweater cookie contests and EA\/TEF memories possibly have in common? For this EA\/TEF mom, the answer is plenty and here's why.\" width=\"600\" height=\"490\" \/>\n\nUgly sweater cookie contests and <a href=\"https:\/\/ghr.nlm.nih.gov\/condition\/esophageal-atresia-tracheoesophageal-fistula\"><strong>EA\/TEF<\/strong><\/a> memories. What could they possible have in common? The answer is plenty, thanks to a recent Facebook post by a dear friend named Barb. She\u00a0posted a picture about the ugly sweater cookie contest she hosted during her family's 2019 Christmas gathering and asked Facebook friends to vote for the ugliest.*\n\nOf course, I thought, Barb held an ugly sweater cookie contest at Christmas. That sounds just like her.\n\nWe met Barb and her young family way back when, when we lived in a remote town of 92 people in the northwest corner of South Dakota. Her 2 oldest daughters were in my country school classroom, and Barb created beautiful birthday cakes for them each year. Word got out, and since our town was at least 60 miles from the nearest bakery, she was soon creating cakes for all sorts of occasions.\n\nShe even created a cake for our <a href=\"https:\/\/ghr.nlm.nih.gov\/condition\/esophageal-atresia-tracheoesophageal-fistula\"><strong>EA\/TEF<\/strong><\/a> baby's first birthday in 1983. The cake featured a baby-with-a-feeding-tube-and-a-string-coming-out-of-his-mouth. Those who are used to 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/ghr.nlm.nih.gov\/condition\/esophageal-atresia-tracheoesophageal-fistula\"><strong>EA\/TEF<\/strong><\/a> technology may not be familiar with the 1982 version. Our baby's feeding tube was a honking, huge <a href=\"https:\/\/cadth.ca\/media\/pdf\/htis\/Foley%20Catheters%20for%20Gastrostomy%20or%20Jejunostomy%20Feeding%20Tubes%20A%20Review%20of%20the%20Guidelines%20and%20Clinica.pdf\"><strong>Foley balloon catheter<\/strong><\/a>. The string went into his mouth, down his esophagus (placed there during a very dicey surgery), into his stomach, and out the feeding tube hole. The two ends were tied in a knot that was untied so dilation tubes could be attached to it when his repair scar needed to be stretched. Our baby endured this process, without anesthesia, about 2 dozen times. 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